Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Key security test for Iraq as pilgrims commemorate saint (AFP)
• 2 million pilgrims visit shrine as Iraqi security forces pass test (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraqi army weathers first security test (Reuters)
• Iraq: Suspect arrested in attack on US base (AP)
• PKK rebels back re-election of Kurd chief Barzani (AFP)
• Baghdad's antique shops tell city's sad story (AP)
• U.S. State Dept helicopter crashes in Iraq, two dead (Reuters)
• Two contractors killed in Iraq helicopter accident (AFP)
• Iraq to consider unjustly accused from Saddam era (Reuters)
• Iraq attacks kill five near Fallujah (AFP)
• Iraq government faces claims of prisoner abuse (AP)

Key security test for Iraq as pilgrims commemorate saint (AFP) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 12:47 PM PDT AFP - Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims thronged a Baghdad shrine on Saturday to commemorate a Shiite saint in a key test for Iraq's security forces less than three weeks after the US military withdrew from cities across the country.

2 million pilgrims visit shrine as Iraqi security forces pass test (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 11:30 AM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces passed their first big test minus American troops with flying colors -- and with veil-to-sandal searches of an estimated 2 million pilgrims at one of Shiite Islam's most sacred shrines.

Iraqi army weathers first security test (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 10:36 AM PDT Reuters - Iraq's first major religious festival since U.S. troops pulled out of its cities ended largely peacefully Saturday, officials said, a sign Iraqi forces may have passed a first serious solo test.

Iraq: Suspect arrested in attack on US base (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 10:12 AM PDT AP - Iraqi authorities have arrested a member of an Iranian-backed militia suspected in an attack that killed three U.S. soldiers in southern Iraq, police said Saturday.

PKK rebels back re-election of Kurd chief Barzani (AFP) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 08:36 AM PDT AFP - The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebel group said on Saturday that it hoped the region's president Massud Barzani would be re-elected to his post in polls next week.

Baghdad's antique shops tell city's sad story (AP) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 07:55 AM PDT AP - Antique dealer Riyadh al-Khafaf has so few customers he hasn't bothered to dust his collection of fine metalware from the early 20th century. Other dealers say they can go for days without seeing even a browser.

U.S. State Dept helicopter crashes in Iraq, two dead (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 06:19 AM PDT Reuters - A helicopter contracted to the U.S. State Department crashed near Baghdad, killing two crew members and injuring two other people on board, the U.S. embassy said on Saturday.

Two contractors killed in Iraq helicopter accident (AFP) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 06:14 AM PDT AFP - Two employees of an American security company have been killed in a helicopter accident in Iraq, a spokeswoman for the US Embassy in Baghdad said on Saturday.

Iraq to consider unjustly accused from Saddam era (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 04:50 AM PDT Reuters - Iraq's government is considering reprieving some Iraqis deemed to have been unjustly targeted in moves to seize the assets of those close to ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, a top official said on Saturday.

Iraq attacks kill five near Fallujah (AFP) Posted: 18 Jul 2009 03:03 AM PDT AFP - Five people were killed, including the son of a senior Sunni Arab militiaman, in two attacks on Saturday in a town outside Fallujah, west of Baghdad, a police officer said.

Iraq government faces claims of prisoner abuse (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 09:08 PM PDT AP - Iraqi officials outraged by the abuse of prisoners at the U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison are trying to contain a scandal of their own as allegations continue to surface of mistreatment inside Iraqi jails.

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